Gastritis
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What is gastritis?
Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It may be come on suddenly (acute gastritis) or may be a chronic inflammation that persists for a long time.
Common symptoms reported by people with gastritis
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people with gastritis
Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Data from patients with gastritis, who reported starting treatments within the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with gastritis
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
for pain (4 evaluations)
Total evaluations
6
Tried for
pain
(12)
anxious mood
(2)
Perceived effectiveness
for gastritis (12 evaluations)
Total evaluations
14
Tried for
gastritis
(13)
Perceived effectiveness
for gastritis (3 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
4
Tried for
gastritis
(9)
Perceived effectiveness
for pain (5 evaluations)
Side effects
chronic constipation
itchy skin
Total evaluations
5
Tried for
pain
(8)
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (4 evaluations)
Side effects
tiredness
Total evaluations
4
Tried for
anxious mood
(7)
Perceived effectiveness
for gastritis (3 evaluations)
Side effects
diarrhea
Total evaluations
3
Tried for
gastritis
(7)
Perceived effectiveness
for depressed mood (1 evaluation)
Side effects
anxious mood
Total evaluations
7
Tried for
depressed mood
(6)
anxious mood
(2)
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (4 evaluations)
Total evaluations
4
Tried for
anxious mood
(5)
pain
(4)
1 more
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
- Severe
- Moderate
- Mild
- None
Data from patients with gastritis, who reported starting treatments within the last 5 years.
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Who has gastritis on PatientsLikeMe?
- 1038 patients have this condition
- 8 new patients joined this month
- 321 say gastritis is their primary condition
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
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<20 | 9 | |
20s | 121 | |
30s | 240 | |
40s | 220 | |
50s | 227 | |
60s | 120 | |
70+ | 33 |
Distribution of sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
Male | 260 | |
Female | 720 |
These charts show data from gastritis patients who have completed their condition history
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